Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Bowie, MD ranks #3,274 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 919 patents from 276 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Bowie, MD include Vapotherm, Supreme Elastic, Trx Systems. That works out to 15.8 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 276 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Felino V. Cortez, JR. Vapotherm 50
2 Eric K. Pritchard Supreme Elastic 42
3 John Karvounis Trx Systems 30
#4 George P. Anderson US Air Force 26
#5 Michael G. Hinchey NASA 24
#6 Kevin Meagher Ciena 21
#6 Emanuel Harrington Hughes Network Systems 21
#8 Douglas B. Chrisey US Air Force 18
#8 Christopher C. Davis University Of Maryland 18
#10 Terrence P. McGovern USDA 17
#10 Leigh Zawel Novartis Ag 17
#12 Vikram Vakharia University Of Maryland Biotechnology Institute 15
#13 Robert L. Warren Solana Technology Development 14
#14 Michael P. Dempsey 3Com 13
#15 Bouna Sall IBM 12
#15 Stuart A. Wolf US Air Force 12
#17 Michael D. Ruff British Technology Group Usa 11
#18 Naveed Khan Capital One Services 10
#18 David W. Rose American Electronics 10
#18 Paul T. Charles US Navy 10
#18 Jason D. McKinney US Air Force 10
#18 Corey Barnett Black & Decker 10
#23 David T. Chuss NASA 9
#23 Timothy Murphy East Carolina University 9
#25 Timothy L. Dapp US Air Force 8
#26 Ezra Chen US Air Force 7
#26 Donnell A. Davis 7
#26 Erik C. Metz Bell Atlantic Network Services 7
#26 Jacqueline M. Allan Poly-Med 7
#26 Jan Muehlbauer The Abell Foundation 7
#31 Naje Fattouche Neo Design 6
#31 James R. Lindle US Air Force 6
#31 John E. Allison Ford 6
#31 Henry P. Freund Bnnt 6
#31 Damian P. Urciuoli US Army 6
#31 Shaja B. Joyner Table Dress Boutique 6
#31 Riche Holmes Grant Bambiniware 6
#31 Stephen Derek Rogers Battelle Memorial Institute 6
#31 James E. Buchanan US Air Force 6
#40 Keli K. Agama Purdue Research Foundation 5
#40 Robert H. Fisher East Carolina University 5
#40 Terrence E. Remy Verizon 5
#40 Jacqueline Smith Georgetown University 5
#40 Alvin Tyrone Butler, Sr. 5
#40 James Edmund Matthews United States Postal Service 5
#40 William J. Freed US Dept of Health & Human Services 5
#40 Arthur Ticker US Air Force 5
#40 Peter O. Minott NASA 5
#49 Lee A. Knauss Neocera 4
#49 Raymond Ian Millet Verizon 4

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